Chairman, Union Public Service Commission
(b.1941), M.Com. (Lucknow , 1961), Ph.D. (Economics) (Poona , 1969) is, at
present, Chairman, Union Public
Service Commission. He joined the Commission as Member in April, 2002. He was the
Ambassador of India to Republic of Kazakhstan from 2000 to 2002, Member, Planning Commission
(1996-2000), Member-Secretary, Planning Commission (1998-99), Adviser &
Principal Adviser, Planning Commission (1986-1995), Director, Institute of
Economic Growth (1995-96), Professor of Economics and the Head of the
Department of Economics at the MS University of Baroda (1978-86).
Dr. Hashim held
Leverhulm Visiting Fellowship, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth , UK
(1972-73). He was UGC National Lecturer
during 1984-85. He has been awarded a Degree of Honorary Doctorate of Economics
by Almaty State University ,
Kazakhstan and
has also been awarded International Economic Academy of Eurasia Prize, 2001 by
the International Economic Academy of Eurasia, Almaty , Kazakhstan .
Dr. Hashim was the Chairman, National Commission for Integrated Water Resources
Development Plan (1996-1999); Chairman,
Working Group for Revision of Wholesale Price Index (1997-1999); Member of the Independent South
Asian Commission on Poverty Alleviation (SAARC) (1991-1999); Represented India
on the PREPCOM of the UN on World Social Summit (1995); Secretary, Economic
Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (1987-1990); Executive Member, Narmada
Planning Group (1981-83), Adviser, Ministry of Planning, Government of Iraq
(1974-76).
Dr. Hashim has held high academic positions
in a number of Institutions and Associations. He has been President, Indian Society of Labour
Economics Conference, 1999. Dr. Hashim's research contributions have been in
the following areas: Optimising models
of location and flows, Measurement of capital and factor productivity,
Input-Output Models and Capital matrices, Poverty and Employment, Income
distribution, agriculture and water resources. He has published a large number
of papers in professional forums. His seminal work was published as a
book: Capital-Output Relations in Indian
Manufacturing (1946-1964) (in co-authorship with M.M. Dadi), (M.S. University
of Baroda Press, Baroda, 1973).
Source : upsc.gov.in
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